GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Beach Info http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-03-19T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-03-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=12123976 Michigan has been awarded its first GLRI grant, $1.7 million to buy and protect wetlands, sand dunes, and shoreline frontage in the Bete Gris area, near the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior. text/html 2010-03-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/162587/ One Duluth man has proudly jumped into the deepest and coldest of the Great Lakes once a month for the past five years. text/html 2010-02-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_14380757 Officials with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources say some beaches will be closed for swimming this summer at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7248468 Dozens of brave souls plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan Saturday to take part in the Lakeview Polar Bear club's ninth annual Polar Plunge. text/html 2010-01-22T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/01/22/news/nh1979355.txt Work probably will begin by late summer on a $475,000 cleanup at Madison Township Park on the Lake Erie coastline as a start toward even bigger projects. text/html 2010-01-19T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100118/NEWS02/301189958/-1/news The swimming advisories issued each summer at Presque Isle State Park are triggered in part by storms, which bring more surface water -- and more E. coli bacteria -- into Lake Erie. Other chemicals wash in with it. text/html 2010-01-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://eponline.com/articles/2010/01/11/37-authorities-to-get-more-than-9-m-to-help-protect-swimmers.aspx The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making almost $10 million in grants available to 37 eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and tribes to monitor beach water quality and notify the public of conditions that may be unsafe for swimming. text/html 2009-12-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/article_53e87df4-e8ba-11de-b51a-001cc4c002e0.html State health officials don't believe it is harmful for beach users to come into contact with surface water or sediments in one area along Petoskey's waterfront that has a history of soil contamination. text/html 2009-12-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/12/saugatuck_dune_preservation_ba.htmlThe Backers of a plan to buy 171 acres of Lake Michigan dunes property for public use say they'll scramble in the next few weeks to find a solution for a $2.1 million shortage to close the $20 million deal. text/html 2009-11-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/green/chi-indiana-dunes-south-18-nov18,0,4642992.story Experts say some noticeable changes already affecting plants, wildlife.